TRAXION

I don't usually post here but felt compelled to post due to the fact that Joe Overton frequents the LT1 forum on this board (Joe's got the fastest NA LT1 record).

In short: 11.66 @ 117.2mph on a stock bottom end IROC-Z. Basically just MiniRam, Heads, Cam, Long Tubes, and a converter with the usual little mods. Drove to the track 2 hours each way and then bolted on some front skinnies. Swaybars, interior, etc intact. Joe's Lethal EFI Performance Camshaft did exactly what he said it would do in my motor. It definitely required my tuning knowledge to make it work ... but, once it was working - BAM! - awesome times. I'll have dyno numbers later.

Full story and video is here...
http://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/show...postid=1566114

Tim

kevin 2.8

11.66 :O *wets his pants*

Rice Killer87

thats so sick.and its still street legal?? i love the way the steam comes out of the tail pipes on the video b/c of the cam...its so phat. congradualtions on the car!

StealthElephant

Thats sick, maybe one day I'll have that kind of power...one day

KnightRider350

What're you running with the new engine stealth??

doug791

*thunk* oh by the way that was the sound of my jaw hitting the floor. First of all thats just incredible not only am i surprised that the bottom end is holding together those are just some really nice time slips congrats. Second i need to thank you. Some day i plan on building a 383, with afr 195's, mini-ram, long tubes but i had no idea what type of times id be running. The news of what your engine is doing makes me horribly excited for the plans i have now. Too bad im 17 and it will be some time before that happens but its still really encouraging news. Keep up the good work man!

StealthElephant

Finally got my electrical/fuel problems sorted out, 1 day after having the car running right, the brand new starter kicked the can. It had been shrieking/grinding after the engine started ever since we put it in, after shimming it 100 times we finally all agreed that the solenoid that brings the gear back in wasn't working, I pulled the starter off tonight, hopefully next week I'll be running again. Then it's just a matter of getting the SPohn SFCs I have in my basement welded in and I'm off to the track. I'm hoping for a 13 second timeslip....we'll see.

As soon as I get a highperf tranny put in, I'm going to start saving up for an LT1, I'm definately looking for 500HP on the street for my 2nd engine build, I would love to see the dyno numbers on that engine trax, great job, I thought I would HAVE to go ATI procharger to get those kind of numbers, but who knows, maybe with some good AFRs and the right cam I can get 450-500HP NA.

edit: Oh yea, thats just crazy how bad you walked that other car, 12.9 and it looked like he wasn't even moving....is your car streetable? It sounded bumpy...

TRAXION

Thanks guys. My car is totally streetable. In fact, a couple of my buds were surprised at just how streetable it is ... and how smooth once you get into part throttle. There's no problem firing up the car and driving it to and from work.

Also - the car that I raced is a friend's car. However, I MUST give credit where credit is due. That is one fast car. In that video the owner wasn't driving. It was somebody else. They ran a 12.9@111mph. However, with the owner behind the wheel it went 12.0s @ 112mph and gave me a VERY good run for my money! It's a sweet thirdgen convertible.

Tim

AutoRoc

Tim!
We like the drop top better... ANYWAYS...! Awesome run! I'm glad to see the stock bottom end is surviving at well over 6000 rpm and at times 6800! I might try something like that soon myself if things go as planned.

What's the old girl weight? If I may ask.

LPE Z convt

Hey awsome times ( unheard of to be honest) You got to love those Overton cams

doug791

As amazing as it is the real question is how long do you think its gonna be before you toss a rod and destroy over 2500 dollars in heads and intake?

TRAXION

Hey Denny - the last time I had it weighed it was 3550. Subtract the difference for front skinnies and that should be what she weighs.

Tim

TRAXION

First - I don't care. Although I have no money to rebuild her ... this car is not my everyday driver. It's basically just a huge RC car ... that I don't have to radio control (lol). I've been doing this for the past 8,000 miles so I don't know what to tell you.

Tim

BigCasino87GTA

that's damn impressive...truth be told, I'd probably roll it on my way to work . That's gotta be hell on a stock bottom end though, I'd feel compelled to upgrade it, even if nothing was wrong.

doug791

makes sense to me. If i were you id start saving up to buy a stronger bottom end because since you dont have the money to rebuild it what a shame it would be to ruin all of those beautiful parts. Plus if you went all forged you could run a nice little spray of juice and maybe even get into the 10's Either way congrats again.